Community News

Jewish War Veterans (JWV) MO-KAN Post 605 is currently seeking applications for college scholarships for the 2023-24 academic year.

Twenty high school singers from across the metro have been chosen as semifinalists for KC SuperStar 2023.

The Jewish Community Foundation (JCF) offers several gift options to empower young adults to make a substantive philanthropic impact on their favorite charitable causes.

As Israel celebrates its 75th anniversary as a modern nation in May, The Lewis and Shirley White Theatre at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City (The J) and Kansas City Actors Theatre will present the one-man show “Eddie: The Friendship That Changed History.”

On April 27, 2023, the Johnson County, Kansas, Board of County Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution formally adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism while recognizing an increasing number of incidents in the region and the nation.

KU Chabad was recently given two Rock Chalk Recognition Awards by the Student Involvement and Leadership Center (SILC) at the University of Kansas.

Hadassah Greater Kansas City will celebrate its 21st Annual Hadassah Nurses Council Walk for Health on Sunday, May 14 (Mother’s Day), from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. at Gezer Park (13251 Mission Rd, Leawood, KS 66209).

Donations of gently used clothing, bedding and shoes to Thrift World will help raise funds for the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW).

JFS is hosting a free Screen Sanity Summit in which attendees can take part in face-to-face conversation, connect with others to educate, empower, and evaluate your family's technology use, or attend virtually. 

Congregation Beth Shalom Sisterhood honored Rickie Haith and elected its new board at its Torah Fund Luncheon on April 19.